Are you allowed to use high-beam lights in this situation?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the video you are driving at night along a street in town lit by street lamps; cars are coming from the opposite direction, there is a D-1 sign on the right, and traffic lights can be seen in the distance. You are not allowed to use main beam (high beam) - the road is lit and other vehicles are coming from the opposite direction. The answer is: no.
The Road Traffic Act allows you to use main beam from dusk to dawn only on unlit roads and on condition that it does not dazzle other drivers or pedestrians walking in a column; it also requires you to switch to dipped headlights (low beam) when a vehicle is approaching from the opposite direction. On a street with lamps, main beam does not improve anything, but it dazzles oncoming drivers, pedestrians and cyclists. In town you drive on dipped headlights, and you leave main beam for dark roads outside built-up areas, when there is nobody in front of you.
Legal basis: Art. 51 para. 3 point 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)